Pendulum electricity-meter.



o. FEM. PENDULUM ELECTRICITY METER.

APPLICATION FILED JAH. 12, 1909.

Patented 1290.141969.

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PENDULUM ELEGTRICTY-MTER.

Application led'lanuary 12, 19051. Serial No.

To all 10711170. it may concern: Be it known that l.. tueries Friar, e eitil 71u11 et the llepiiblie of France, residing in luris, lfrnneef here invented certain new l yfovements in @pendulum Eleel trieitjiileters, sileeiliuatiot leixlnlinn electricity nieters which do not 'l require brushes for rcondireting tlieeurrent 1o them, the with `noter nietv'e 1111 ring collectors, here e constancy et Weil;- ing whieh cannot be attained with nioier meters in which unavoidable variations are produced owing,v to the friction between the brushes` and tbe collector'. This general de feel' of motor meters is partielilarly apparent when the consumption is smell in, which euse accuracy is eoiiipai'utively nonexistent, it indeed the inotor does not zietruill, Jop.

of wliieli the following is at ALS* shining their ;1 new motor ineer records e. traction el the 111:1);i1111111i consumption equrl tol l/lO() this limit oit seneitivenese generally tells to l/bO et the end oi. seine 111ontlis, on 111e`otl1ei' hund pendulrnn meters. lieve 11 'seilsiliveness theoreticull)v infinite and `'1n practice mm1-uniting lo l/llll'lll t 11111111 eons11111pLio11. However, the exi, pendulum meters have several el eats; in :lie tiret phiee there is the neet l); for'zilloivilig` the meier lo operate eontinnously owin the uneertzlinty oit' its` sterling again when 1l1e Circuit closed. l'lhis neeeeswy leeds to :1 danger of tire owing lo accidental short (ironirs duri the absence ol the consumer; moreover there is 11 liability to run light` whieli is onl)V i111per'feellliY weide by tl eoniplitml'ed devices for che. ik Ver the current :1t equzil inter of time of the tiropenduluins \\'l1if.,l1'tends to prevent accenni lati-fin ot slnrill errorel ot :tast or slow Which the two pendullinis generally have i1rrelation to euch other. 'l'lie second defect resides in the eonipliuilion of llie i Aeehanisin which generally 'comprises 11 liret train of gear actu ating by ineens of e dilierential two other ,ting

trol the twope11d11l11111s verified by an eupement, the differential rriovernent of the wheels of tlietiro pendulume being tered hy e' differential rshieli eetuzites a fourth. registering device. iN/.oreover the inf- Verting coinmutator which operated at equal intervals of time to interchange the two pendulums and to avoid the accumule.- tion of their dierenee of speed during` light l running' produces@ disagreeable noise; this Speciicaton of Letters .'atent.

lie inertie invention has been le E J. i" T -fi (l f Pateiitetl Mee. me, Mimi.,

and to this the electric )ring barrel et :fee minutes. ein 1 which are operation of the lend.. Eitorts 1 :iiilo-iiiaitie Starto tl=e presin the here been rrr/1de tr l inl;V in pendulum ent tin-1e Si wily .f5 relizil 1. o pei-init the 1111911 Sion the e111 1l i111 the nppnrzitus during the 1 irl; il not Working, lz1e1'1111s1- 1e m1111101; be e that at the 1no- 111e11 el "11111 3j tht errent the apparatus will be ruteioziiczillyStarted. lt must be :further rein: ed that the mechanical esrequire :1 Certain supervision it' Y letton fire to be avoided;

also be due to the de- A .he contacte et the elec- .iiolor or et im inverting eoilnuutfitor 1ith relnlirvli' ong Qurrentfs :1re eut 11111 11i/Vl whifh Aein 1o sparking,

'l`l11` improved 1 e11tl1l111n electricity meter which ronsililtes the .subject mutter of this sie-:red tor lhe purpose :iid disadvantages. lt eomprines es lz1ll`\:l. The combination ot' two eier folly eonlrolled pendnlmne ivhivh 111e riilounilimillr snrlml. nirzinged in L111cl1 n 111111111e1' that there is 11o friction he- 1o'e111`soli1l materials during theirV oscillalion. L. The re *isti-ation of the eoinridences or' lh y two pendulinne is obtained by applyingthe principles employed in the consti-11e- Figif shows :i detail of Fig. l. .1o diigrannnatrcully the two pen-- loo d11l1111 e and the motor and their circuits.

F el ie :1 diagram of theveurrerits of the vapparatus. of Fig. 3.

The piece of sollt iron A shown separately in Fig. 2 carries two curved lateral rods a af, on which are mounted two coils B of thin wire which polarize the piece A proportionally to the volts ot' the network. The piece A is suspended by a rod 7) trom alixed point The current is conducted by two tine wires, notv shown, which are brought in at the point otI suspension. 'lf he coils B I3 are wound in such a manner as to produce a consef'pie'nt pole on the portion of the piece of sott iron A; a and a constitute the other p'oles of opposite signs to that of the portion .2, pole c serves to maintain the oscillation otl the system by reacting on the stationary coil C and the pole c serves to make the contact through a small auxiliary pendulum suspended at c and having as its bob a copper ring al. The rod Z1 of this pendulum carries two springs r lr so situated that they alternately come into contact with the t-eri'ninals 'v fu to produce the e'ects next to be described.

Contacts v and 7' being normally together, as soon as current is turned on in the apparatus, the fixed coil C attracts the pole c of the piece A, for the coil C is in the circuit and is connected with o. The ring of copper ai being subject to the magnetic friction or damping due to the other pole a which moves within the ring without touching it. maintains the contact with the terminal @during the semi-oscillatjn of the system from left to right. On the return swing the auxiliary pendulum, being carriedforward by the main pendulum, breaks Contact at u and closes another circuit by bringing together o and 1". The movement lwhich is st'arted automatically then continues, the full amplitude of the main pendulum being attained when uthe energy which it receives at each oscillation ,owing to the reaction-of the coil C is equal to that lost owing to friction with the air and the damping produced by the copper ring' d.

. Ifa current proportional to' the amperes passes through the fixed coil D so as to attract the magnet a, the period of an oscil- `lation will be diminished, that is to say the pendulum will' perform a greater number ot oscillations per day. The opposite result will prevail if the action of the coil D on the magnet z is repulsion. I I

- Fig. 3, which shows the two pendulums of the meter4 combined with the rotaryfield motor, 'indicates the function of the contact between the terminal c and the spring 1".' In this figure the' right hand pendulum determines by means of the terminal o the current inthe opposite windings e c of the stator of a small rotary field motor, so also the terminal o of the left hand pendulum transmits intermittent'currents through the windin s e e :ot the stator situated at i'i ht g g angles to the windings e e. rl`he 'intermittent currents transmitted through the agency -`of one of the pendulums are represented on line of F ig.- 4; these give rise to short f induced currents z" indicated on line N bf which determine the rotation ot the motor;

the 'rotation will occur when the two fields are -tof. a period out of phase and the direction ot the rotation will be determined. by

the pendulum which transmits the' tirst wave. .issuming' that this pendulum is thev righ't hand one, the rotation will be in the direction ot' the hands' ot a watch, it' it is the lclt hand pendulum the direction will be in the inverse'ot this. Between these two positions the rotor will not be subject to any torce.

lhe arm m fixed to the rotorlt is tree to move between two stops it' and thus permits rotation ot' the rotor R, `within 'these limits; so long as the right hand peiidu-lum transmits the first current wave through the stator the arm m, remains in contact with the stop 1. Assuming that this right hand pendulum is retarded the two waves are transmitted at. the same instant and when the let'thand pendulum is accelerated as compared with the right hand pendulum the rotation changes in direction, that is to say the arm m is brought against the stop le. l't is these alternating movements produced at each new coincidenceof the two pendulums which actuate by a pawl fixed to the arm m a ratchet wheel m for integrating the movements. Now the excess ot thc number of oscillations of one pendulum over the other, equal to the number ot the alternate movements of' the rotor is )ropert ional to the reaction of the fixed coils l). l) through which pl sscs a current proi'iorlioual to the amperes uilen the magnets z e which are energized in proportiom togthe volts. Thus the indications of thetintegratt'us are proportional to the Watts-hours lt is to be understood that known devices whichhave hitherto been used in the attempt to suppress or to diminish running light may be used in the meter according to this invention, although the" need ot' them is much less felt than in the older apparatus' because the meter may be stopped 'during the4 period when no current is being 'ing in combination two substantially trictionless electric pendulums having metallic connections at their points of suspension only, an auxiliary pendulum to each of the izo said pendulums, mechanism whereby the auxiliary pendulum isoscillated by the main pendulum without contact therewith, contacts adapted to be closed by the said auxiliary pendulum during its oscillationsA and rmechanism whereby the oscillations of the maiincpentluluni are maintained owing to current traversing the said contacts, sub-` stantially as described. I

2. A pendulum electricity meter comprisingl in combination two electric pendulunis adapted to be started automatically, an anxiliary pendulum to each ot the said pcndie lmns, mechanism whereby the said auxiliary i current impulses from both pendiilums and l an integrating registering device connected with the rotor of `the said motor.

3. ln an electricity meter having currentactuated pendulums, a magnet pole carried by each of said pendiilinns, a ring of good conducting material adapted to form a closed circuit about each ot' said poles and to give rise to a magnetic dampingduc to the displacement ot the miwnet poles in the rings, and mechanism, controlled by said damping to close the circuits ot' the currents which actuate the penduliinis.

i. ln a pendulum electricity meter` `a inagnetic device comprising' a suspended curved piece oi' soft iron` coils ot line wire carried by the said piece, connections bridgingl said coils across the mains ot the circuit so :is to cause a current therein proportional to the volts oiu the circuit, the said coils being wound so as to produce a consequent pole in the portion of the. said piece comprised between the coils, and a coil D in posit-ion to inliuence said portion and traversed by a current proljiortional to the amperes, sub4 stantially as described.

5. In a pendulum electricity meter, a inagnetic device comprising;` a suspended curved piece of soft iron. coils ot' line ivii'e carried by the said piece. connections bridging said coils across the mains ot the circuit so as to canse a current therein proportional to the volts ot' the circuit. the said coils beingl wound so Aas io produce a consequent pole in the portion ot' the said piece comprised between the coils, a fixed coil tl surrounding,y without touching om` oi' the poles of the said piece and means tor passing' currents through said coil C to maintain the movements oiE the pendulum, substantiallyY as described.

t3. lira pendulumelectricity metia-,a magnetic device comprising a suspended curved piece ot' soft iron, coils o'rlvtinle Ywire carried by the said piecev` connections bridging said coils across the mains ot' the circuit so as to cause a current therein proportional to the volts of the circuit, the said coils being ivound so as to produce a consequent pole in the portion of the said piece comprised between the coils, a fixed coil C surrounding without touching one of the poles of the said piece, means for closing the circuit through said coil to maintain the movements ol the pendulum, said means including an auxiliary pendulum and a ring of copperv forming a bob ot' said auxiliary pendulum and adapted for the other pole ot' the said piece to extend through it, substantially as described.

ln witness whereof, l have hereunto signed my name iu the presence ot two subscribing witnesses.

CI'RLES FERR.

Witnesses z H. C. Conn,

Giiisniici. lli-mimmo. 

